New Releases by Don L

This accessible book examines American law enforcement cybercrime investigations. Through semi-structured interviews with forty-seven cybercrime law enforcement investigators, it explores the characteristics of investigators, the development of cybercrime units and task force programs in the US, the processes involved in these investigations, and the culture of American cybercrime investigations. This includes how cybercrime investigators relate to police occupational culture, their perceptions of offenders and victims, and use of humor. It also considers the technological, economic, political, and cultural contexts that shape and structure cybercrime investigations, units, and task forces. It adopts a sociological approach to the study of cybercrime policing by tracing connections between the individual and organizational levels of analysis to the macro-structural. In other words, it situates cybercrime policing in the “big picture” of technological change, the political economic of internet platforms, the transformation of “force” in the internet age, and related matters. Finally, this book builds from this comprehensive analysis of American policing to discuss pathways forward by curating institutional and organizational policy suggestions to promote both effective and just cybercrime policing.

Crossroads of a Continent: Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921 tells the story of the state's railroads and their vital role in American history. Missouri and St. Louis, its largest city, are strategically located within the American Heartland. On July 4, 1851, when the Pacific Railroad of Missouri began construction in St. Louis, the city took its first step to becoming a major hub for railroads. By the 1920s, the state was crisscrossed with railways reaching toward all points of the compass. Authors Peter A. Hansen, Don L. Hofsommer, and Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes explore the history of Missouri railroads through personal, absorbing tales of the cutthroat competition between cities and between railroads that meant the difference between prosperity and obscurity, the ambitions and dreams of visionaries Fred Harvey and Arthur Stilwell, and the country's excitement over the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 color images of historical railway ephemera, Crossroads of a Continent is an engaging history of key American railroads and of Missouri's critical contribution to the American story.

As the Cold War draws to a close, new issues inevitably have begun to surface in U.S.-Soviet relations. This reader brings together Soviet and U.S. perspectives on the broad range of challenges that both nations now face. Within the context of a "debate" format that presents parallel U.S. and Soviet views, these timely readings illustrate areas of cooperation and conflict and weigh policy similarities and differences. Topics covered include Soviet-U.S. relations after the Cold War, military and national security debates, and the changing international economic environment. The selections also consider the impact that the evolving Soviet-U.S. interaction is having on the "new" Europe and the developing world. The volume concludes by considering the direction the superpower relationship may take in the future. Students of Soviet and U.S. foreign policy will find this text invaluable in unraveling the complexities of U.S.-Soviet relations.

"Some of the most accomplished scholars of railroad history...tell the story of these enterprises which totally re-shaped the western landscape."— The Michigan Railfan After Promontory profiles the history and heritage behind the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. Starting with the original Union Pacific—Central Pacific lines that met at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869, the book expands the narrative by considering all of the transcontinental routes in the United States and examining their impact on building this great nation. Exquisitely illustrated with full color photographs, After Promontory divides the western United States into three regions—central, southern, and northern—and offers a deep look at the transcontinental routes of each one. Included are contributions by such renowned railroad historians as Maury Klein, Keith Bryant, Don Hofsommer, H. Roger Grant, and Rob Krebs. Includes photos

This is perhaps one of the most interesting books in the history of writing on human behavior, of how people think and feel and not hold back. For those who do not understand what gonzo writing is, you are now about to enter a world of reality in a comical way. There are many subjects that I talk about. A lot of my stories are very controversial. I speak on issues in such a unique way that you wont be able to help but continue to read page after page to see whats next. Ninety percent of this book is true stories. Ten percent is imagination at work. All my stories are poetic. When it comes to grammar, we have good and bad. When it comes to sarcasm and humor, bad grammar is definitely where its at. This book is loaded with humor. I give in-depth detail on what I think of the bad guy, technology, common sense, bedroom activities, relationships in general. This book will enlighten everyone who reads it as to the way it is. This is very educational and comical at the same time. When it comes to unique and different, this is like no other. I do tend to put my personality into what Im writing about. I like to call it artistic writing with raw emotion. If I am not mistaken, I am the only poet in history to give insight on the back of each one as to what compelled the writer to write what he did. This is always interesting to know. I also think this book is going to sell so well it will be printed in other languages and sold around the world.

The story of the first Native American to become president of the USA. Billy Always Dancing Dent (Billy Badd) pairs up with his former TV reporter and new wife to change the face of American politics and policy, setting a good for the country first approach that stuns and angers his rivals. All the while Billy is striving to hide a dangerous secret from his past that could unravel all his success.

Presents the archaeological evidence for and historical theories of the exploration of North America by numerous civilizations long before Columbus, discussing seven groups spanning 146 B.C. to 1492.

Theory of the Earth is an interdisciplinary advanced textbook on the origin, composition, and evolution of the Earth's interior: geophysics, geochemistry, dynamics, convection, mineralogy, volcanism, energetics and thermal history. This is the only book on the whole landscape of deep Earth processes which ties together all the strands of the subdisciplines. It is a complete update of Anderson's Theory of the Earth (1989). It includes many new sections and dozens of new figures and tables. As with the original book, this new edition will prove to be a stimulating textbook on advanced courses in geophysics, geochemistry, and planetary science, and supplementary textbook on a wide range of other advanced Earth science courses. It will also be an essential reference and resource for all researchers in the solid Earth sciences.

Simple text and illustrations present Dan as man and what he does with his hands and balances things.

This guide to fibromyalgia discusses its various causes and symptoms, the role of stress and other factors, and the different conventional and alternative remedies available.

Describes the creation of a variety of toys and games, from seesaws to Silly Putty and toy soldiers to Trivial Pursuit.

Poems of the Florida glades and islands. More poems on travels to Greece and China, Nature, and a general Potpourri.

Describes different types of eggs and which animals hatch from them, including birds, butterflies, frogs, alligators, and fish.

Explains the concept of push and pull movement, using many examples.

Y2K: The Millennium Bug is about fallible, human people, not about superheroes. Some are valiant and some are vile, but they all have to deal with their own problems in order to survive the kind of chaos that could have been caused by the infamous year 2000 computer problem known as: The Millennium Bug! Y2K: The Millennium Bug tracks the onset of the year 2000 and the results of the computer shut-downs, as seen by a number of characters with differing perspectives, amounts of education, and levels of preparedness for disaster. Some people in America are more well prepared than others, and some take advantage of the collapse of law and order in order to pursue their own wicked impulses. Countries overseas have their own Y2K problems, including Russia, where a series of cascading failures cause an accidental launch of a small number of nuclear missiles. And then the situation starts getting really difficult! This is not an "end of the world" story, but a chronicle of events surrounding a small set of people who end up brought together by the unraveling of society, triggered by wide-spread failures of critical computer systems at the beginning of the year 2000 (Y2K). Since there really was a Y2K threat, many references to real news stories, articles, books, and actual Y2K-related events were incorporated into the story. Y2K depicts neither the best nor the worst case scenario that could have been, but the human story remains true and powerful. This exciting and fast-paced book left the technical aspects of the Y2K computer problem to the computer experts who had already written on the subject. Y2K: The Millennium Bug focuses on what could have happened to people like you or me, if Y2K had turned out as bad as many had feared. Read it. The thoughtful examination of the human psyche in the novel is as timely as ever!

The practical, easy-to-use handbook for every quality auditor, manager, or trainer. In this book, leading ISO 9000 auditor and trainer Don Freeman gives you straight answers and practical tools for every step of the quality auditing process. You'll learn how to successfully plan and conduct quality audits, and report on their results. And you'll discover proven solutions for the challenges faced by every quality auditor. From start to finish, The Quality Auditor's Handbook provides step-by-step methods, tools, matrices, and forms that streamline the audit process. Along the way, you'll also learn the communications skills, questioning, listening, and observation techniques that are essential to successful auditing. The practices and tools you'll learn can be modified and used with any type of quality system auditing, and for other types of auditing as well, such as environmental auditing (ISO 14000).

A collection of horror and ghost stories, including "Death Sight," "Fountain of Horror," and "Brain Pictures."

Illustrations show the inner workings of over one hundred common devices making it easy to understand how things work. Also facts and trivia, drawings and photos.

This book presents a developmental model for peer helping which places less emphasis on students in crises and more emphasis on helping them in advance of serious problems. The first chapter introduces peer helping and the facilitative model and provides an overview of the book. The second chapter discusses principles of human behavior. The third chapter explores the concept of relating. Facilitative conditions of caring accepting understanding, trusting, and respecting are discussed. The fourth chapter focuses on listening skills. Four steps for attentive listening are outlined and discussed. The fifth chapter deals with responding. High facilitative responses, feeling-focused responses, clarifying and summarizing, open questions, acknowledging, linking, complimenting and confronting, reassuring and supporting, analyzing and interpreting, and advising and evaluating are all discussed. The sixth chapter focuses on giving feedback. The facilitative feedback model is presented, and guidelines are offered for giving feedback. The seventh chapter discusses decision making. Five focused questions are offered to help with making responsible and effective decisions. A problem-solving model is presented which encourages the use of high facilitative responses. The eighth chapter suggests helping projects for peer helpers such as helping interviews, peer support groups, planning leisure activities, peer tutoring, buddy systems, and large group presentations. (LLL)

This program leader's guide provides suggestions for organizing, administrating, and evaluating a middle school peer helper program. The first chapter builds a case for peer helpers. The problems of youth, peer influence and personal growth, mobilizing student resources, peer facilitators and helpers, four basic helping roles, and advantages of peer helper programs are discussed. The second chapter focuses on selecting a training approach. The academic elective class, summer course, teacher-advisor group, retreat-workshop, school club, and project-focused team are explored. The third chapter examines the primary elements involved in organizing training programs. Program goals and objectives, the program trainer/coordinator, program support, how many to train, how to select the students, when and where to meet, and how to be helpful are discussed. The fourth chapter organizes the training program into four different phases. Getting organized, facilitative skills, decision making and problem solving, and getting ready to help others are discussed. Ethics and confidentiality, responsible referrals, critical moments in peer helping, pitfalls to avoid, and evaluating the training are also discussed. The fifth chapter focuses on implementing peer helper projects. The sixth chapter discusses teaching others in peer-led learning centers. The seventh chapter addresses preventing alcohol and drug abuse. Gateway drugs and illegal drugs are identified. The eighth chapter discusses networking, and the ninth chapter focuses on program evaluation. (LLL)

This guide may be used as a text for peer helper, lay leadership, or volunteer worker training programs. The first chapter describes the facilitative model as it applies to peer helping, and presents an overview of the guide. The second chapter examines the nature of people. Eight basic principles of human behavior are outlined. The third chapter focuses on building a close working relationship. Conditions essential in a helping relationship are discussed. The fourth chapter examines listening skills. Four steps for attentive listening are presented. The fifth chapter contains information about responding. High facilitative responses, and low facilitative responses are examined. The sixth chapter focuses on giving feedback. A facilitative feedback model is presented, as well as guidelines for giving and receiving feedback. The seventh chapter discusses problem solving. A five-step decision-making model is presented. Decision-making dialogue is included to illustrate the principles of the model. The eighth chapter suggests helping projects for peer helpers. Each project has specific goals, some of which may take specialized training and practice. The ninth chapter presents guidelines for peer helping programs. Issues examined include enlisting a trainer, determining goals, obtaining support for the program, choosing a site for training, selecting trainees, organizing the training curriculum, supervision and evaluation of services and projects, and networking with other peer trainers. (LLL)

Central America has fallen to Communist regimes, and now Mexico is tottering. A reporter is sent in to cover the bloody story, where he discovers a plot a gainst America by high level American officials. Only one woman remains loyal as he travels through this human maze.

Describes the adventures of teen-aged Bruce Gordon, who, following an Artic shipwreck in 1757, survived for six years in the ship's upside-down carcass with a polar bear as his sole companion.